"It's taken me a while to get this done, to get this first win. I've never looked at it as just trying to win once. I've always had the mindset that I want to win multiple. I want to win plenty. It's just that the first one seems to have taken a long time. The next one might take a long time; I don't know. But I've always had the mindset that I just want to be one of the best players in the world,"
"I want to keep putting myself in contention. I always felt like it would probably happen. It completes the story of the near misses and it has a crescendo to what has been building towards the back end of the season. But when I go home, I'm just going to start practising again. I'm going to start working again and I'm going to look towards the next tournament."
"He collected a cheque for $10m at East Lake. Patrick Cantlay and Russell Henley were nudged into second place as Fleetwood's closing 68 left him on 18 under par. The Englishman's victory was a hugely popular one throughout golf. I think it's easy for anybody to say that they are resilient, that they bounce back, that they have fight, Fleetwood added. It's different when you actually have to prove it."
Tommy Fleetwood recorded a three-stroke victory at the Tour Championship in Atlanta, achieving his first United States PGA Tour win in his 164th start. Fleetwood closed with a 68 to finish 18 under par, earning $10 million and a likely rise to sixth in the world rankings. Patrick Cantlay and Russell Henley finished tied for second. Fleetwood described a long-held mindset of wanting multiple wins and said the victory completes a run of near misses while motivating him to return home, practise, and target upcoming tournaments.
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